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Research Project: Managing Water Availability and Quality for Sustainable Agricultural Production and Conservation of Natural Resources in Humid Regions

Location: Coastal Plain Soil, Water and Plant Conservation Research

Title: Beyond 2020, vision of the future: Selected papers from the sixth decennial National Irrgiation Symposium

Author
item LAMM, FREDDIE - Kansas State University
item DUKES, MICHAEL - University Of Florida
item Stone, Kenneth - Ken
item MECHAM, BRENT - The Irrigation Association

Submitted to: Transactions of the ASABE
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/2/2021
Publication Date: 10/20/2021
Citation: Lamm, F.R., Dukes, M.D., Stone, K.C., Mecham, B.Q. 2021. Beyond 2020, vision of the future: Selected papers from the sixth decennial National Irrgiation Symposium. Transactions of the ASABE. 64(5):1449-1458. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14574.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.14574

Interpretive Summary: The 6th Decennial National Irrigation Symposium entitled: Beyond 2020, Vision of the Future is a once in a decade opportunity for scientist and researchers to come together to share their accomplishments and to discuss future irrigation needs. This symposium jointly sponsored by American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and the Irrigation Association is scheduled to occur in December 2021, following postponement in 2020 due to the pandemic. This manuscript is intended as a lead in article to summarize and highlight research reported in approximately 75 presentations of which 36 were accepted as journal articles for this Special Collection. Irrigated land area appears to be growing slightly in the USA but is shifting geographically somewhat towards the humid regions. Pressurized irrigation systems continue to increase, while gravity-fed irrigation continues to decrease. Challenges and opportunities continue to exist for irrigation in the USA, but progress in the last decade has been steady and a good vision of irrigation beyond 2020 is anticipated.

Technical Abstract: This article is an introduction to the ASABE Special Collection associated with the 6th Decennial National Irrigation Symposium entitled: Beyond 2020, Vision of the Future. This symposium jointly sponsored by ASABE and the Irrigation Association is scheduled to occur in December 2021, following postponement in 2020 due to the pandemic and will consist of approximately seventy five presentation of which thirty six were accepted as journal articles for this Special Collection. Irrigated land area appears to be growing slightly in the USA but is shifting geographically somewhat towards the humid regions. Pressurized irrigation continues to grow and gravity-fed irrigation continues to decline. Challenges and opportunities continue to exist for irrigation in the USA, but progress in the last decade has been steady and a good vision of irrigation beyond 2020 is anticipated.